The synovial fluid analysis in sarcoid arthritis [1]

Sarcoidosis Vasculitis and Diffuse Lung Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 77-

  Punzi, Leonardo ^a   Oliviero, Francesca ^a   Ramonda, Roberta ^a   Sfriso, Paolo ^a   Todesco, Silvano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Interleukins; Sarcoid arthritis; Synovial fluid; Tumour necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

HLA B8 ANTIGEN; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HLA DR3 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SARCOID ARTHRITIS; SARCOIDOSIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; SARCOIDOSIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 2042508349     PISSN: 11240490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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